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Participant Info

First Name

Bessy [Elizabeth]

Surname

Donavan (Donovan)

Native Place

Kilkenny

Age On Arrival

19

Parents

Not recorded

Religion

Ship Name

Elgin (Adelaide 12 Sep 1849)

Details

Bessy Donovan, 19 arrived on Elgin; unclaimed letter for Miss Bessy as Donovan in Jun 1853; aged 19 as Betsey Donaven married Henry Crush (aged 20) on 7 Feb 1853 at Christ Church, North Adelaide; 10 children; Henry died 6 Jul 1916 and she died 17 Aug 1916 aged 82, her headstone notes, ‘peacefully sleeping’; buried Auburn Cemetery; death records show she was born Kilkenny.rnrn

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